Ma'am;...The heroes who will die for a land that cannot care for them alive or dead are the biggest fools of all...They do not protect this land... They protect the property of the rich -which the rich refuse to pay to have defended...If they survive their contest with hatred and death they will find there is no equality or rights or opportunity in their home... They dare not demand fair wages unless to suffer the abuse of the worthless... They will dare not ask for decent working conditions and hope unless they desire to be maligned... Each man is so jealous of the gains of every other that they will see themselves denied to see all others denied... What does this small minded, machine hearted, miserable people deserve from life that we will freely concede to all others??? We want our slaves and we are ourselves ennslaved... You worry about the God of Pop...What does the world mean to such dead as we know, all vain, and all fools???We need to take care of the living, and quit serving dead masters...We see how incapable are our defense secretaries to ever admit their failures, which too often are mistakes of ideology wasting thousands off lives...And I say this knowing you are an ideologue...Quit letting your ideologies do your thinking for you...If you will look at what is good for America you will find it is not far different from what is good for the world...It would not be worse here for the army to attack the religious any more than it is for them to attack the religious in Afghanistan...What they do to humanity they do to us... It does not matter what fine ideologies invests their actions...If it is wrong on its face, no amount of celebration will make it less criminal...Thanks...Sweeney

MJ's Funeral was a Circus.....many of the people who attended was there for the wrong reason. They come for the SHOW by the Cebs on stage. The worse scene from the stage was to use Paris the way the Jackson's did. NO ONE with a moral code would have a little 11 year old girl, go to the stage and make a speech for MONEY....the selling of the Video and for public funds sent because of her tears...............SHAME on these bad people. Michael you did your best to protect these kids.............however, I pray the Judge will find a good home for them, NOT PEOPLE WHO LOVE THEIR KIN THE WAY THESE FOLKS DO!!!!!!! I would never put my children on stage to morn they KIN! They way the brothers and sisters made a big show to hug her was so staged it made me sick...........LA JUDGE......GIVE THESE KIDS A NEW HOME WITH LOVING PARENTS WHO WILL NOT USE THESE KIDS.....MICHAEL WOULD NEVER WANT HIS CHILDREN USED........................................REST IN PEACE MICHAEL..........AND HELP THE JUDGE GIVE YOUR CHILDREN A REAL HOME ..........................

I would agree that those who die for a people who could care less for them do so in a less than illucidated manner. I dis-agree however that those who die do so for the sake of other's freedom. They comit to the extreme sacrifice for more than mere mortal life, and all the while they know there are those who would chastise and benefit from their selfless acts. They do so for the life style they live, the imaginations and ideals of people they are related to, they do so for higher ideals than an un-caring people, they do it for their comarades, their brothers in arms. A far greater ideal than those who would simply enslave them! These sacrificed men and women know to be truly enslaved means the end of their own freedom. To that end I would rather die than submit. And if some persons attempt to benefit from my acts and ultimate death then I'd rather not be part of their would anyway! Perhaps that's why we see such fervent Jihad but, in truth, really do not understand them. I guess it IS idealogies.

Michael Jackson was/is a cruel joke only because he had the cash and the backing of hollywierd! The dumbing down of Amerca continues.

I agree with everyone who complained of the circus in Los Angeles. Jackson was just a spoiled 'adolescent' who complained of not having had a childhood. He lived to be 50.
But, many of our service men and women will never live that long due to insurgents interrupting their lives.
And, the REAL hero(s) here are our service men and women who put their lives on the line for us. Jackson only thought of himself.
To me, all of the people who watched/attended the goings on about Jackson are what's wrong about our country. They could care less about America.

You maybe right that too much attention was given to Michal Jackson. He also may not have had an impact on your life. So be it. Obviously he had a positive impact on many people in this world whether you like it or not. I grew up listening to Michael Jackson and loved his music. He was not my hero, but that's me. The problem with what you are saying is really with the media. They gave all the time and attention to Michael Jackson coverage. They could just as easily given coverage to the fallen soldiers. Guess what! They choose not to. As a member of the viewing public I don't have much say about what the media chooses to present to the American public. As a matter of fact I truly believe that the soldiers are heroes, and need to get out of these other countries. We need to handle our own business and let other contries handle theirs. Michael Jackson was an icon and great at entertaining the masses, but he is dead. The media chose to make his death a media circus, not him for he is dead. So place the blame where it belongs, with your media brethren.